Checkers & Chess Lyrics - Long In The Tooth - Billy Joe Shaver

(Chorus) 

I'm playing Checkers while they're playing Chess 

They make the big moves and make me a little less 

Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best 

I'm still playing Checkers while they're playing Chess 

(Verse) 

I've learned all the rules of the game 

Fast way I play 'em when I lose 'em just the same 

Nothing's fair in this world of blind chance 

A rich man takes the money, the old man takes the blame 

(Chorus) 

I'm playing Checkers while they're playing Chess 

They make the big moves and make me a little less 

Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best 

I'm still playing Checkers while they're playing Chess 

(Instrumental break) 

(Verse 2) 

The day were born where all? old 

Some cuts from the cloth straight from the king's robe 

The rest of us can't even be pawn 

But we wear soldier's uniforms, dying for their? 

(Chorus) 

I'm playing Checkers while they're playing Chess 

They make the big moves and make me a little less 

Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best 

I'm still playing Checkers while they're playing Chess